Business email scam

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 27 Mar 2015 Posts: 2

I recently received an email, which looks like it is coming from our Owner asking me to wire $57,000 to him, even using his signature line with title and phone numbers. What the scammer didn't realize was the owner died about 4 years ago. So, I was bored and played along. Emailed them back asking for the bank account details, got it pretty quickly from them. Now, I am working on trying to get the bank account holders name and social security number, telling them the bank won't let me wire the money without it.

From reading these forums, the biggest mistake I made was replying to them with my business email address!

First question, what should I do with this persons banking details? I reported it to the FBI and gave all the details. The bank account is actually linked to what looks like either a biker gang or strip club out of Atlanta, Georgia.

What else could I try to get more information to nail these bastards?

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:14 pm

Welcome to Eater,

As you say, your big mistake is using an email address tied to your real life. So for your own safety and that of your colleagues, the safest thing to do is drop them straight away - just disappear and don't respond any further or accuse them of being scammers.

You can PM the bank account details to a Mod (names in Green) with brief details of the scam (email address they used etc.) and they will arrange for it to be passed to contacts in the bank. It is likely that the account actually belongs to a mule (either willing or a scam victim themselves) and not the actual scammers.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 27 Mar 2015 Posts: 2

Thank you B8er, I knew using it was wrong but it was just so much fun dragging them along.....I won't email them back!

I contacted the Mod - Rover with all of the details, plus trying to contact through email the PNC branch listed on the banking details this scammer sent.

From what I read this is a pretty big scam and to the untrained eye looks completely legit, since it looks like it is coming from a company executive.

Thanks again for the advice.